Convertible child s chair



L. A. GHI-CHESTER. Y Y i CONVERTIBLE QHILDS CHAIR. y No. 260,843. 'f Patented July 11, 1882.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE..

LEMUEL A. cHIcHEsTnR, on` PHCENI'CIA, NEW vonk.

CONVERTIBLE CHILD-S CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,843, dated July 11, 1882.

Application filed February 24, 1880. I

To all whomt't may concern Be it known that I, LEMUEL A. CHIoHEs- TER, of Phoenicia, in the county Vof Ulster and State of New York, have invented 'a new and Improved Convertible Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, makin Io part of this specication.

This invention is in the nature of an improvementin convertible chairs 5 and theinvention consists in a chair having a folding legframe and convertible from a high chair to a I 5 carriage or trundle constructed with downward projectonsfrom the rear of theseat-frame, and a foot-rest rigidly affixed to the front of the seat-frame, to which are secured bars to support springs, directly in the ends of which are aflixed axles bearing wheels, which support thechair in the lowered position independently of the legs proper of the chair, the said springs being combined with stops to prevent their overweightin g, substantially as hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my invention when used as a high chair; Fig. 2, a rear view of same, and Fig. 3 a side view when the chair is converted into a trundle.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

A represents the seat-frame of a chair constructed to be converted from a high chair to a carriage or trundle. Continuous with thefront support, a, of the arms and with the back posts, b, ofthe backare projectionsB and C, these projections being, as shown, below the seat-frame and of nearly the same length. Fixed to the vprojections G and to a foot-rest, D, which footrest is rigidly secured to the front of the seatframe, are two parallel bars, E, which are slightly inclined from rear to front. To these bars, at points about midway of their length, are fixed flat springs F, which springs are secured to the under side of the bars E, at a eentral point in the springs, and they are parallel with the bars last named. The ends of these springs are free and havefixed to them axles 5o b' c, onto which axles are placed wheels G and 1the chair is in its elevated position,` and when H. ironieY projections B 0f this chair are hinged front legs, I, the projections B forming upper continuations of these front legs. To these legs I, by means of braces d and e, are secured terminals J of the back legs, and to these terminals, at or near their lower ends, is pivoted a bowed push-handle, K. VThis pushhandle is of bent Wood and continuous in one piece from end to end, and it forms the upper continuationof the rear legs of the chair when in this elevated position, as shown in Figs..1 and 2, this push-handle is fastened to the seatframe A at its rear by a catch, f, and when the chair is in this form, with the push-handle nearly vertical and fixed to the seat-frame, the parts I of the front legs are then in continuation of the` projections B, the parts I and the projections B forming in this way the front legs, by which andv the push-handle K and the terminals J the chair is supported.

I do not herein broadly claim the hinged front legs, the terminals J, connected therewith by braces d e, the bowed handle K, and catches to'secure it in the upright and low- 75 cred positions, as these enter into a claim made by me in another case of even date herewith.

To transform the chair from this elevated position to a'carriage or trundle the bowed part ofthe push-handle K is released from the catch f, when the chair-seat A will drop,the projections B turning by reason of the hinges which secure them to the parts I of the front legs, and the parts I will assume a position nearly parallel withrthe floor, and the chair then be supported on the floor entirely bythe wheels G and H, and in every respect independent of the front or rear legs of the chair or any of their parts, the front and rear legs proper and their parts having nothing whatever to do in supporting the chair when converted to its loweredposition ortrundle form. When the chair is in this way transformed the terminals J are fixed to the back of the 95' -chair by suitable catches, g', and the push-handle K is turned backward, as shown inFigt,

the rear wheels, H, being between theparts I of the front legs and the front wheels, G, beneath, though not attached to the foot-rest-D. 10o

When in this lowered position the chair is then readily trundled on its wheels from place to place by pushing on the handle K.

To preventoverweightingthe springs Fstops 5 k are provided. These stops mayY be fixed to the ends of the rear projections, C, and to the foot-rest D, or otherwise, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1o Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a convertible chair, of the rear projections, C, and rigid foot-rest D, the bars E connecting them, the springs F borne by said bars, and the wheels G H on the 15 said springs, al1 arranged to operate substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a convertible chair,

LEMUEL A. CHICHESTER.

Witnesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMP'roN. 

